UN Human Rights Office Push For Release Of Bhima Koregaon Activists

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has appealed to the Centre to release the activists detained in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case. Several activists, including Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha and Fr. Stan Swamy, were arrested by the NIA for the violence at the 200th anniversary of Bhima-Koregaon battle. Reportedly, the OHCHR has also raised concerns over the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act and India's recent human rights records.